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Nigerian Startups Raised $178 Million from Investors in 2018

Nigerian startups continue to attract interest from investors, who are now staking more on them than at any other time in the short history of the country’s relatively young ecosystem. That’s what we can surmise from the Nigeria Startup Funding

Did You Know? Ariaria Market, The Heart of South Eastern Nigeria’s Leather Trade

Ariaria sits to the west of the older section of the city of Aba. It sprawls over a vast swathe of land, straddling three local government areas, and heaves with the noise of an ever lively humanity. For six days

Business Growth Tip: Get More Publicity by Engaging With the Media

Have you ever considered getting your business more publicity on popular local news websites? How about some favorable coverage on a radio program, or a human angle story on TV that features your work? What would this do for your

Brands We Love: Cassava Republic

Beginning in the early 2000s, a new generation of Nigerian publishing houses began to appear. They were daring enterprises; there was promise bubbling underneath the surface, but the surface looked barren. It cried out for pioneers willing to plough through

Fin-Tech Startup PiggyBank, now known as PiggyVest

PiggyBank, the financial management tech startup is taking big leaps in 2019, stepping into new boundaries and exploring new possibilities in the fin-tech industry where it has garnered admirable influence. In a recently published blog post, PiggyBank announced it’ll be

Did You Know? One Out of Every Three Nigerian Adults is an Entrepreneur

The Nigerian entrepreneur comes in more shades than you can imagine. It could be the boss at an establishment with a staff of ten, or the woman running a local restaurant nearby; maybe it’s the young man selling biscuits and

Business Growth Tip: Sell More than Just Products

There’s a lot going on when a customer opts to buy your product. On the surface, it looks like they’re just picking up something from your rack and handing you cash in return. But as every smart entrepreneur and skilled

Social Media Marketing Tips: How To Increase Your Conversion Rate

Social Media is unarguably one of the best lead generation tools available today, yet, the conversion rates of many businesses utilising it are far from impressive. You may be investing a great deal of time and effort on social media

Five Reasons You Should Attend Connect Nigeria’s Business Fair In April 2019

Now that we know why Connect Nigeria’s Business Fair is such a big deal, let’s take a deep dive into the reasons you should attend this year’s edition of Africa’s largest business fair. The 2019 Connect Nigeria Business Fair will

Nigeria Decides 2019: Key Concerns from the World of Business and Economics

By now, you’ve already decided who your preferred candidates are for the public offices to be contested at the polls this weekend. You’ve weighed the options, thought through their proposals, and figured which ones merit your votes. Or maybe you’ve

How to Start a Photography Studio in Nigeria

Maybe you’re the type of person who loves the art of photography. You get your vibes from viewing awesome sights and capturing colourful scenes, and can instantly tell what’s photogenic from what isn’t. The camera is your favourite tool, and

Click Ready Business

All Round Digital Marketing (ARDM) is a digital marketing service that specializes in connecting businesses/organizations with their target audience via digital channels. Simply put, our goal is to enable internet searchers to find your site using a variety of techniques

Brands We Love: Tiffany Amber

Unless you’re a Nigerian fashion buff, you might be forgiven for thinking that Tiffany Amber is a foreign fashion brand which just happens to have a particularly strong presence in the country’s high-end clothing industry. And your assumption may be

Did You Know? Jumia is Africa’s First Tech Unicorn

If there’s any lingering doubt about Africa’s e-commerce space and its potential to scale, they’re probably heavily negated by the growth of Jumia, the biggest player in continent’s ever-expanding online marketplaces. In seven years, it’s managed to race up the

Websites We Love: Findworka

When businesses are in search of service providers to work on their projects, they mostly have to worry about the reliability of these individuals and how efficient they at their jobs. It gets more complicated when they have to come

Nigeria is Now Africa’s Foremost Destination for Investment in Startups

Nigeria’s startups attracted more funding from investors in 2018 than ventures in other African countries. This was revealed in a report recently published by Disrupt Africa, an online medium tracking the progress of the continent’s startup scene. In what may

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